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badger

noun
/ˈbæd͡ʒə/UK/ˈbæd͡ʒɚ/US

Etymology

From Middle English bageard (“marked by a badge”), from bage (“badge”), referring to the animal's badge-like white blaze, equivalent to badge + -ard. Displaced earlier brock, from Old English brocc.

  1. inherited from bageard

Definitions

  1. Any mammal belonging to the genera Meles, Arctonyx, Mellivora or Taxidea.

  2. A native or resident of the American state, Wisconsin.

  3. A brush made of badger hair.

  4. ›+ 9 more definitions

    1. A gang of robbers who robbed near rivers, into which they threw the bodies of those they…

      A gang of robbers who robbed near rivers, into which they threw the bodies of those they murdered.

    2. A person who is very fond of cricket.

    3. To pester

      To pester; to annoy persistently; to press.

      • He kept badgering her about her bad habits.
      • "Yeah? Cool. Just a warning: people are going to badger you about that. It's practically inevitable for gay trans people."

    4. An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food

      An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker or huckster; especially one who bought grain in one place and sold it in another.

    5. A native or resident of the American state of Wisconsin.

    6. A village in Shropshire, England.

    7. A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

    8. A habitational surname from Old English.

    9. A child member of the St John Ambulance medical volunteering organisation.

      • She was also a leader, trainer and supervisor of the children's arm of St John's Ambulance (“the Badgers”). She worked over 50 hours a year but received no salary and was not required to attend events.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA